Combination lamp and horn.



G. STOWE & G. E. MOLYNEUX.

COMBINATION LAMP AND HORN.

APPLICATION FILED Fi .8, 1916.

1,259,312 Patented M21212, 1918.

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COMBINATION LAMP'AND norm,

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13. I916.

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GEORGE STOWE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND GEORGE E. MOLYNEUX, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS F ONE-THIRD TO B. M. OWEN.

COMBINATION LAMP AND HORN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, rule,

Application filed February 8, 1916. Serial No. 77,103.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, GEORGE Srown and GEORGE E. MOLYNEUX, both citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, and Bayonne, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Lamps and Horns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automobile accessories and, particularly, to a combination lamp and horn.

Among the objects or" our invention may be noted the following: to provide a struc ture embodying simple means whereby the lamp of a modern automobile may be combined with an audible signaling-device, such as usually carried by said vehicles; to combins in a single structure a plurality of signals such as are required by trailic regulations in cities; to provide a combination of mechanism by which an electric horn and electric lights may be intimately associated and one may be practically covered by the other; and to provide means by which the horn and lamp of road vehicles, such as automobiies, may be combined without destroying the utility and operation of either device, and so as to bring about the association of these important signals in a small space and without liability to injury, and so as to economize space and reduce the number or trappings on the car.

With the above objects in view, and others which will be detailed during the course of this description, our invention consists in the parts, features, elements and combinations thereoi hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that our invention may be clearly understood, drawings have been provided wherein:

Figure 1 is a central, vertical section, substantially on the line 1--1 of? Fig. 2, of a structure embodying electric lights and hornv or other signaling apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a section. substantially on the line 3-3, Fig. l, the arrow indicating the irection at sight;

Fig. i is a section substantially on the line 4-4, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a section substantially on the line 55, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the supporting post or upstanding bracket now usually employed on automobiles, the upper end of said post being screw-threaded for the reception of a nut 2, which forms the joint between said post and a tubular member 3, which is screw-threaded to receive said nut, the juncture being thereby made very strong and the several members separable, as will be readily understood. The member 3 may be struck up from, or otherwise formed integral with, or rigidly secured to, the main casing 4:, which, at a suitable point in the rear thereof, has a supporting-flange 5, struck up therefrom or rigidly attached thereto, and adapted to support, within the casing, a horn 6, or other suitable or acceptable audible signaling-device. The device shown is. preferably, an electricallybperated horn, which may be operated by the driver of the car through the medium of a push-button, as usual. The casing 4 may be given any appropriate shape, such as semi-oval, and in the mouth'or open end thereof has rigidly connected thereto, in any approvedmechanical mode, the frame-member 7 of the lamp-fixture, said member being substantially semi-spherical and arranged with its open side toward the front and its closed back set or nested within'the casing 41:- The line of connection between the casing 4 and the frame-member 'Z' is indicated at 8, in Fig. 1. By thus assomating the casing 4 and frame-member '7, the outside of the structure is unobstructed and has the appearance, from practically all usual angles of vision, of a head-light or large lamp of conventional form, such as carried by most automobiles at the front thereof; and the horn, or other audible signal, is disguised, obscured, and protected. Also, the audible signal is placed at the torward end of the car without showing an additional projection.

The frame-member 7, at its front edge, is provided with an inturned, circumferential flange 9, adording a means for connecting lltld the rim or bezel 10, which is rigidly secured thereto by means of a series of screws 11, passing through said bezel and into the said .fiange. The lens 12 is supported by the bezel 10 in usual manner and held in place by means of the reflector 13, the edge of which is'provided withthe inturned and then outwardly bent, circumferential flange 14. The flanges 9 and 14 are securely connected either by rivets, screws, or small bolts 15, and when the reflector is thus connected to the flange of the frame-member 7 presents a circumferential bead or member 16, which holds the lens 12 in position against the flange 17 of the rim or bezel 10. By this construction, a nice finish is provided for the face of the lamp and a simple, mechanical means afforded for supporting the lens. The reflector is apertured centrally to provide a socket 18 for the head-light bulb 19, the plug of which is held in the socket 18 in any approved manner. The reflector is also apertured to provide a socket 20 for the dimming-bulb 21, the plug of which is set in said socket in any suitable manner.

The current from the usual source of power is conveyed to the point 22, substantially, by the various leads combined in usual manner, and separated at said point so as to pass through the insulated block 23, Figs. 1 and 5, held in the member 3, of the casing 4, the leads 24 being connected to the binding-posts 25 of the horn or other signaling-device, and the leads 26 being connect ed to the plug 27, adapted to be removably set in the socket 20, while the leads 28 are connected to the plug 29, adapted to be removably set in the socket 18. The several leads 26 and 28 pass through the insulated block 30, of usual construction, Figs. 1 and 4, which is held within the member 31, which may be struck up from the frame-member 7, or rigidly connected thereto in any suitable manner. With the parts constructed and disposed as shown, it will be readily understood that the various elements of the device can be quickly and easily separated, thus facilitating cleaning, inspection and repair.

One of the important features of our invention resides in the disposition of the lamp-structure within a casing or covering also inclosing the horn-structure, the lamp occupying its usual place and having its eiiiciency and display interfered with in no manner whatsoever by the combination therewith of the horn or audible single-- structure. Another important feature of our invention is that a large and extensive mouth 32 is produced between the framemember 7 of the lamp and the casing 4:, extending from points above the ends of the horizontal diameter of the casing clear around the'bottom of the latter, thus providing for the outletof the sound emanatingfrom the signaling-device 6. Although this extensive opening for emission of sound is provided, it is in such position, and the parts are so arranged, as to be not noticeable viewing the lamp from the usual standpoints. The opening or mouth 32, however, is so extensive as to enable the horn or signaling-device to be heard at agreat distance and, in fact, to impose no impediment whatever to the emission of sound therefrom. Incidentally, a further opening is provided for the emission of sound close to the horn at the point 33, which is adjacent the point of support of said horn; Another importantfeature of the invention is the disposition of the mouth of the horn 6, which is at an angle to the horizontal axis of the structure and which is directed toward the.

the mouth 82, this being the normal, natural line of egress owing to the disposition and construction of the parts.

The lip 34 of the mouth 32 is rolled or beaded for strength, Fig. 1, to prevent an accidental blow from splitting the same.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A signaling device comprising a casing; a frame-member of smaller diameter inclosed by said casing and connected to the latter only at the front thereof and above the horizontal diameter of the frame-member so as to provide an opening extending substantially half way around the bottom of the casing; an audible signaling device within the casing; and a visible signaling device within the frame-member, said two devices being separated from each other only by said frame-member.

2. A signaling-apparatus comprising a duplex receptacle having two chambers, one portion of which receptacle is provided with a transparent face and the other portion of which is provided with a single continuous opening below and around the lower portion of the transparent face; a signalin device of predetermined character within one of the chambers disposed so as to direct the volume of sound therefrom toward said opening; and a signaling-device within the other chamber adapted to display itself through the transparent face and entirely isolated from the, other signaling-device by the Wall of the chamber in which it is located.

3. A signaling apparatus comprising a supporting casing and an interior framemember of smaller diameter, the same being connected together around substantially the upper half of their rims only, so as to pro within the frame-member; a source of sound within the casing, the latter being disposed so as to direct its sound volume toward said opening; and said casing also having an opening adjacent the source of sound.

4. A signaling apparatus comprising a casing having an open face; means for detachably supporting said casing upon a Vehicle; a frame-member of smaller diameter than the casing, connected to the latter within its open face around a portion of the rim of said casing leaving a mouth or opening between the two around the remaining por tion of the casing and'with the face of the frame-member projecting beyond the face of the casing; a source of light supported in the frame-member; sound producing means supported in the casing back of the framemember and isolated from the source of light by the frame-member, said sound proopening; and conduits to the source of light and to the sound producing means extending through the supporting means and respectively through the frame-member and to the sound producing means.

5. A signaling apparatus comprising a casing; a frame-member; the casing and frame-member being connected together one within the other with an opening between the two adjacent the face of the frame-memher; a signaling device carried by the framemember; supporting means Within the casing formed by striking up a portion of the latter so as to leave an aperture between the supporting means and the said opening; and sound producing means mounted upon said supporting means so as to direct its volume of sound toward the said opening and aperture.

GEORGE STOWE. 4 GEORGE E. MOLYNEUX. 

